How many of you can say kohlrabi? It wasn’t a vegetable I was familiar with until I started getting my veggie box from Fiddlehead Farms. I remember looking at it thinking that it kinda looked a bit like an alien. And, what the heck was I going to make with it. Turns out as long […]
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If you are a long time reader of my blog, or a long term patient, or both, you probably already know that I have taken the month of August off three summers in a row. Last summer however was different. A pandemic. Forced time off in the spring. Restriction to travel. The mental block I
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One of the first signs of declining health is low energy. But so often we blame our low energy on our busy lives, or ageing because our blood work comes back “normal”. I believe that is our first mistake. There are many different causes of low energy and very few of them show up on
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You want to eat healthy but you don’t have time. Sound familiar? While it may be true that your time feels limited, you actually have the same number of hours in the day as everyone else. It’s just super easy for the busyness of life to get in the way of eating your best. When you
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Are you trying to eat a more plant-based diet? I’m happy to announce that my group detox meal plan this spring will have an entirely plant-based menu for participants. Here is a sneak peak of one recipe we will be eating. Grilled Vegetable Beach Bowl Now I’d love to hear from you! Do you have
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I have been intermittent fasting on and off for approximately 3 years now and I really enjoy it and see the benefits. Five years ago I would have been a little skeptical because I used to be one of those people who would get a little bit “hangry” if I missed a meal. So what
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For the past 9 years I have used a CSA. I consider them to be part of my health care team. So if you don’t know what a CSA is, it’s time to be in the know! CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. When you sign up, you are buying a share of that farm’s
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When you become really good at a certain skill it often feels like second nature to you. And it’s easy to forget that not everyone has the same skill set. One of the best pieces of advice I have ever received about making a difference with my readers and my patients is to write about
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Part of my meal prep every week is to have some type of protein ready for my lunches. It makes lunch super easy because all I have to do is add some veggies and I’m good to go. In the summer it is often salad, and in the winter I will mostly take soup. Today
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With dietary advice like “Eat 5-6 small meals a day”, and “Get lots of whole grains to get enough fibre”, being a sugar burner has become the new normal. Unfortunately this so-called “sound dietary advice” is not working for many people. We are walking around with plenty of available stored energy as fat but we are
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